Limerick......... Property in very large estates-tillage farms mostly very large, but some extensive grazing farms. Londonderry.... Almost all held by London Companies. Longford......... Property mostly in large estates. Louth....... ....Estates of a medium size. Mayo............ Property in a few hands. Meath ...........Some large estates, but property better divided than in most Irish counties. Monaghan.......Some large and a great many small estates. Queen's Co......Estates mostly large-but many of them are let on perpetual leases, the head lessees on these estates forming the middle class of gentry. Roscommon.. .....Estates very large-many let on perpetual leases, &c. Sligo..............A few pretty large estates-but a considerable proportion divided among small proprietors. Tipperary.......Some very large estates, but many of moderate size— tillage farms very small, and mostly held under middlemen; the con-acre very prevalent, but less so than in Connaught. Tyrone ...... .Property mostly in very large estates. Waterford .Estates for the most part very large. Westmeath...... Property in moderate sized estates-grazing grounds Wexford... extensive-tillage farms much subdivided. .Property in pretty considerable estates-less subdivision of land than in most other Irish counties. Wicklow.........Estates mostly large. APPENDIX CC. Extracted from M'Culloch's Geographical Dictionary, in reference to the Distribution of Property in Fee in the several Counties of England and Wales. Bedford Berkshire Bucks ..........Some large estates-but property notwithstanding a good deal subdivided. .........Property much subdivided-a third of county occupied by proprietors. .There are some large estates. Cambridge. ............Estates of all sizes-some large-but many smallsome being worth only £20, £50, to £100 per annum-size of farms equally various. Cheshire..... Cumberland Derby Devon Dorset Durham Essex Gloucester ....Estates for the most part large-farms mostly small. .Property much divided, and "vexatiously intermixed"-farms for the most part small. .Property much divided-a few large estates-but by far the largest portion of the county in small pro. perties, worth £10, £20, or £200 per annum. ..(Not stated). ...Property much divided. .Property in large estates- farms mostly large. ............. Much property belongs to the church-also some .Estates of all sizes, from £5 to £20,000 per annum. Hampshire............... Hereford............... Property very variously divided—a few large estates Hertford..... -many medium, and some small. ..Few large estates-farms not generally large. Huntingdon .........Estates generally extensive. Kent ..Property much divided- -no great estates. Yeomanry of Kent a very superior class, and some, besides their own, occupy extensive hired farms. Land in Kent held by the tenure of gavelkind, descending, in the event of the father dying intestate, not to the eldest son, but to all the sons alike in equal portions. Lancaster .........Some large estates, but property a good deal sub Leicester....... Lincoln divided. .Property mostly in large estates. .......... Property very variously divided-estates from £25,000 a year to £5; but the great majority small. Middlesex ......... Property is very much divided. Monmouth .................Some large estates, but property a good deal divided. Norfolk ....... .Estates of all sizes, from £40,000 a-year downwards. Northampton.........Estates generally large-few large farms. Northumberland ...Estates of all sizes, but mostly large. Nottingham .........Estates of all sizes--many small. Oxford Rutland Somerset.......... Stafford Suffolk Surrey Sussex.......... ..But few large estates-farms generally small. ....Estates and farms of various sizes. ..Property variously divided--some estates very large Warwick ......... ...Some estates very large-others small. Wiltshire .Some large estates-but property much subdivided. Worcester ............Estates of all sizes-farms mostly small. ...Property in the West and North Ridings very much sub-divided. In the East Riding less subdivided than in most parts of England—many families in this riding have held their estates for centuries. |